The Winter Promise

Chapter 124: Towards Miyuki's Birthday.

Days have passed, just as usual I follow learning activities that I think a little boring because I only do things like that.

Just like the days before, every time I went into class. I always see Kichida drawing with her drawing book. He does this continuously and every day.

I don't know what happened to him, but in the first semester he didn't do anything like this. Even I just saw the picture this second semester.

“It turns out you like drawing too yes.”

I greeted him that morning.

“Of course, I would have ideals as a komikus.”

Tumben once he used the term comic to tell me. Usually he said with the name mango what is it to tell about the comic.

“Then get excited.”

As always, there is still time before classes start. I intend to take a nap because last night I felt sleep deprived.

“Mar, can I have your time for a minute?”

And when I want to enjoy my life, there must be someone who messes with it.

“What's up?”

I can't possibly refuse this and ignore it. I don't like it when people bother me, but I'm not the one who rejects someone's offer when he wants to talk to me about something.

“How did you respond to a comic?”

“What do you want to ask?”

I still don't understand the question Kichida asked.

“Do you look bad at the work of a comic?”

“Do what I look bad at the job. As long as the job is halal, it is not a problem in my opinion.”

Besides, my office now depends a lot on the comic that's there. If they weren't there, my office wouldn't be running either.

“Oh so.”

I saw that Kichida was not satisfied with the answer I gave.

“What's the problem?”

“Actually something has been bothering me lately.”

So all this time he's had problems, but I didn't notice it at all. Did Miyuki also notice about this?

“What is it?”

“Actually my parents didn't approve of me becoming a comic.”

It is very heavy if it brings the problem of parents.

“Reason?”

“According to my parents, being a comic has no erratic income and always works under pressure.”

“Emang yes?”

I remember all the comics who worked in the Comic Universe. But I do feel that way too, especially when I have to contact the comics who have not uploaded the comics on the app. Because I work in the editor department, I interact very often with comic artists.

But that was then, when employees weren't as many as they are now. If it is now, I am only checking the report given by the division head only.

“How are the earnings of the comics working at Comic Universe?”

Kichida asked me.

“If you ever open the web from Comic Universe, there is explained about the income earned by komikus.”

I'm very lazy to explain this, but surely he needs my answer here for that matter.

“Every comic will earn revenue from the number of readers who read the comic, as well as the number of people who like the comic. In addition, they can also get additional money from awards that they can get every month.”

I know that because I take care of that. Every time there's a new policy on comics, I have to sign it before it's given to Mr. Hari.

“That's why my parents said that his income was not fixed.”

“True too.”

If the office employees maybe we can know how much we get each month. But if you work as a comic, the number of readers and the popularity of our comics will determine our income. Indeed, the amount of income can exceed the salary of office employees, but it is not forever.

“And plus every week they have to put out a new chapter for his comics so that readers can enjoy their comics.”

“Should if you wanted to work as a comic, you should have accepted all those risks.”

“That's what made my parents forbid it.”

I don't really understand how Kichida feels right now because I'm never forbidden by my parents from doing anything as long as it's good. I also can't comment much and blame Kichida's parents on this matter. There must be a reason why Kichida's parents did it.

“Maybe your parents just want you to feel the name alive.”

I'm trying to get Kichida's parents to look good in his eyes.

“Why is it like that?”

“Yes, maybe your parents don't want you to feel depressed about it.”

“But I really like drawing and being a comic is my dream of small.”

Which side should I defend now?

If I were private, I'd rather be neutral on this. That's much better than siding with one.

“If I were to be you, I would show my parents that they were wrong with what they believed all along.”

“It's interesting, then how to?”

“Maybe I'll be a comic secretly and show my parents when I'm successful.”

That way they won't mind the job I have. There is no way a parent would object to seeing their child have a successful job whatever it is.

Actually it's very simple.

“Your proposal may as well, I might try.”

“For now, you must not put forward your ego. Definitely behind something your parents did not do it was a favor for Kichida herself.”

I can say this because Ustadz Adi taught it to me. If my current thinking is still the same as my thinking when I was in Junior High. Maybe I didn't really care about Kichida's parents and blamed Kichida's parents for blocking her son from doing anything.

“Since when did you say something as good as that?”

Apparently, someone objected to the matter. Yes I can tell you that.. At the beginning I met Kichida, my nature can also be said to be a little apathetic to anything and do not want to be involved further with other people's affairs. Because I think it's very troublesome.

“So all this time I said bad all?”

“Hahaha.. No really. Thanks for the input.”

“Sama-sama, I'm happy if it can help you.”

“Mar, do you want to read my comics first when they are later? I want you to rate it before I register it at Comic Universe.”

Is that against the rules? Seems not. I only gave him input and did not help him to pass the selection easily.

“Ok, you can send your comics to my email so I can read.”

“Thank you Mar!”

Kichida looks very happy too.

“What Comic Universe does not intend to make its application to various languages?”

Kichida asked me that.

“Yesterday we just talked about it.”

“Then the result?”

“We make a questionnaire in advance to see responses from people who are outside Indonesia.”

“Hmm... So.”

Kichida thought of something about it and I felt that he would ask me about something else after this.

I looked at the wall clock in front of the class and showed that there was only ten minutes left to enter.

“How about the contract and acceptance system for serialization if I have followed that selection if you have opened the application to the whole world Mar?”

“We have not talked about it, because we are waiting for the results of the transfer first.”

Yesterday I was with Maul and Mr. Hari had another meeting on the server issue they needed if they wanted to open the app to the rest of the world. I think the cost they spend will be quite costly.

Then Natasha and Riki arrive from the teacher's room after taking a class hiatus.

“What are you guys talking about?”

Riki asked both of us.

“We're talking about comics only.”

Saying to him.

“Your picture is also cool Kichida.”

Riki saw a picture of Kichida on his desk.

“Thank you.”

“As I expect from future comic.”

Riki constantly praises Kichida, who makes Kichida a little embarrassed and tells Riki to stop her.

Natasha asked me that.

“I just talked about it with Kichida.”

“I heard it from my senior, he said if it did happen, our work would increase a lot.”

Of course there are employees who worry about it, but of course Pak Hari will open vacancies to new employees if needed.

“Of course our work will increase, in addition to editing the cover layout into various languages, we also need to be able to speak English to easily communicate with comics from other countries.”

I don't imagine what it would be like when I was told to contact one of the comics from abroad in English. My English is not very good, I understand what they write and say. But I couldn't if I had to reply to them in English.

“Absolutely you can speak English Mar?”

Riki doubted my ability. Yes, my abilities are not that good.

“Once in a while I talk to an overseas person in English in the game I play. So at least I can communicate a little with them.”

“Means I can learn with you about English later Mar.”

Said Kichida to me.

I really objected to that because I'm not very good at English.

“Are you having trouble in English?”

“I just learned English when I stepped on Junior High and I am still a little confused by the calamity that is there. Then I also need to learn Indonesian which I think is also a little confusing.”

Even though he is fluent in Indonesian he is still confused about it?

I can't blame him. I am also the one who as an Indonesian if told to speak good and true Indonesian a little do not understand.

“I'm not good at teaching people let alone English.”

I said to Kichida.

“Honey once.”

“Better you play the game just to be able to fluent English. I was able to speak English from the game at first. There's nothing wrong if you try the same way as me.”

“I don't like playing games.”

It's a pity if he doesn't like playing games. Do Miyuki and Yoshida not really like playing games either? I also never listened to the two of them talk about the game to me.

Maybe what they do every day is just to learn.

“It's hard once.”

“How about watching a movie using English translation?”

Riki suggested a pretty good suggestion to Kichida.

“I've done just that.”

And it turns out Kichida did.

“Means you have to watch more movies again.”

Teng... Teng... Teng... Teng....

The bell rang and the teacher who was teaching came in. All the students immediately sat at their respective tables and prepared to take the previous lesson.

Time passed and the break bell rang. Before the break, Rina sent me a message to come to the cafeteria first because there was something she wanted to talk to me about.

“Come Mar!”

Riki invited me to go together to an ordinary place.

“You go first, I want to go to the cafeteria for a while.”

“Tumben once you go to the cafeteria, do you not bring supplies?”

“No I brought it, but I want to find something there to add my side dish.”

“Then I first.”

Riki went with Natasha and Kichida to the usual place to spend his provisions.

When I got to the cafeteria, the atmosphere was very crowded. I saw a sea of people there ordering food at every seller there. Not only the students who were there, there were even teachers who ate there as well.

I also looked for Rina in the condition of so many people.

Where's she?

I looked and saw one by one each of the schoolgirls wearing the hijab.

“Ar!”

Lina's voice came from behind me.

I looked up and it turned out that he had just arrived there.

“Sorry I just got here Ar, there was something I had to do first in class.”

“No problem, so what do you want to talk about?”

“What weekend are you busy?”

The weekend, huh?

Other than lounging around at home and playing games, it seemed like there was nothing I would do. Mr. Hari also does not seem to be holding any more meetings anytime soon.

“Nothing, why?”

“I intend to have Miyuki birthday gift.”

“In the offing Miyuki's birthday?”

“Iya, exact date 23 January.”

If now the date of January 14 means there is still a week before his birthday, If my mother knows this I must be told to buy him a gift.

“Why didn't he tell the others about this? Usually people like him will tell his friends if there is an event like this.”

“Maybe he will notify her as she approaches her day.”

“So where do you want me to go?”

“I want to go to an existing mall near home only.”

Am I going to buy Miyuki a gift from the internet isn't it?

I better go with Rina alone, who knows when at the mall later, I get items that are suitable to be used as a gift, or Rina can give me input later.

“Alright, I will accompany you.”

“Is that true?”

“Iya, I also want to buy a gift for Miyuki.”

Rina's previously happy-looking face became sullen after hearing that.

“What's up?”

“No.”

You said nothing but your face said that something was bothering you.

“Ya already.”

I don't really care about that. It is too hard to understand women's feelings.

“Ar!”

“Yo?”

“Do you still want to solve this kidnapping case?”

When Rina said that I looked around because I was afraid that someone would listen to us. But because at that time the condition was also noisy, Rina's voice was not so heard by others.

“I'm in no mood to finish it.”

“You lied Ar?”

“Why are you talking like that?”

“You always say that so that me and the others don't worry, but at the end of the day you keep doing that.”

I can't deny it.

“Actually I don't want to do it either. It's just, I can't talk if any of my friends are involved in that matter.”

“That's Amar I know.”

From a slightly angry face, then Lina smiled at me.

I can't guess what women are feeling right now.

“Already, we better join the others or they will be suspicious of us.”

“Hum.”

At that time, I told Rina to leave first so that we would not arrive simultaneously. If we arrive at the same time, surely Riki and Maul will be completely mocked by both of us.

Especially with Miyuki, she will definitely ask us continuously. I don't want to be in that condition.

the End Chapter 124